Scott W. Johnson is an attorney and senior vice president of TCF National Bank in Minneapolis, a fellow of the Claremont Institute, and one of three founders and authors of the weblog, "Power Line."

For the past 10 years Mr. Johnson has written with Institute fellow John H. Hinderaker on public policy issues including income inequality, income taxes, campaign finance reform, affirmative action, welfare reform, and race in the criminal justice system. Their articles have appeared in National Review, The American Enterprise, American Experiment Quarterly, and newspapers from Florida to California.

Mr. Johnson lives with his family in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Minnesota Law School. He can be reached by phone at (612) 661-8879.